EP0266184A2 - Anzeigevorrichtung vom Projektionstyp - Google Patents

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EP0266184A2
EP0266184A2 EP87309516A EP87309516A EP0266184A2 EP 0266184 A2 EP0266184 A2 EP 0266184A2 EP 87309516 A EP87309516 A EP 87309516A EP 87309516 A EP87309516 A EP 87309516A EP 0266184 A2 EP0266184 A2 EP 0266184A2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
    • H04N9/12—Picture reproducers
    • H04N9/31—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM]
    • H04N9/3102—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM] using two-dimensional electronic spatial light modulators
    • H04N9/3105—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM] using two-dimensional electronic spatial light modulators for displaying all colours simultaneously, e.g. by using two or more electronic spatial light modulators
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/137—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
    • G02F1/139—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent
    • G02F1/1396—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent the liquid crystal being selectively controlled between a twisted state and a non-twisted state, e.g. TN-LC cell

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  • This invention relates to projection-type liquid crystal display devices.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a projection-type display device which is excellent in terms of gray scale and colour reproducibility.
  • a projection-type display device comprising: a first twisted nematic liquid crystal light valve for controlling red light; a second twisted nematic liquid crystal light valve for controlling green light; a third twisted nematic liquid crystal light valve for controlling blue light; and means for combining light from the light valves to produce a coloured image characterised in that ⁇ nd/ ⁇ for the light valves (where ⁇ n is the birefringence of a twisted nematic liquid crystal material in each respective light valve, d is the thickness of the layer of liquid crystal material and ⁇ is the wavelength of incident light) is substantially the same.
  • ⁇ nd of said first light valve is greater than ⁇ nd of the second light valve and ⁇ nd of the third light valve is less than ⁇ nd of the second light valve.
  • the thickness of the layer of liquid crystal material in each light valve is substantially the same.
  • the birefringence of the liquid crystal material in each light valve is substantially the same.
  • ⁇ nd of the first light valve is between 1.4 and 1.6
  • ⁇ nd of the second light valve is between 1.2 and 1.4
  • ⁇ nd of the third light valve is between 1.0 and 1.2.
  • ⁇ n is the birefringence of a TN liquid crystal material
  • d is the thickness of a layer of the liquid crystal material
  • ⁇ is the wavelength of incident light. Namely, the photoelectric transfer curve is shifted as a function of ⁇ nd/ ⁇ .
  • the photoelectric transfer characteristic can be kept uniform between individual incident beams by approximately equalising ⁇ nd/ ⁇ for three TN liquid crystal light valves in a projection-­type display device according to the present invention for controlling individual colours of light.
  • ⁇ nd/ ⁇ for three TN liquid crystal light valves in which ⁇ nd for red light is the greatest of the three colours of light, ⁇ nd of blue light is the least of the three colours of light and ⁇ nd of green light is intermediate, depending on the individual wavelengths, the combined image presents a neutral gray scale as well as excellent colour reproducibility.
  • ⁇ nd can easily be controlled at low cost by using TN liquid crystal materials with different ⁇ n and a constant thickness.
  • the TN liquid crystal light valves may be assembled in the same process and thereafter liquid crystal cells of the TN liquid crystal light valves are filled with liquid crystal material having different values of ⁇ n.
  • the present invention may be accomplished without increasing the number of manufacturing steps.
  • the dominant wavelength of red light is 0.62 micron
  • the dominant wavelength of green light is 0.54 micron
  • the dominant wavelength of blue light is 0.46 micron. Therefore, for an optimum value of ⁇ nd of individual colours of light, ⁇ nd of red light is greater than 1.4 and less than 1.6, i.e. 1.4 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.6
  • ⁇ nd of green light is greater than 1.2 and less than 1.4, i.e. 1.2 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.4
  • ⁇ nd of blue light is greater than 1.0 and less than 1.2, i.e. 1.0 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.2.
  • TN liquid crystal materials having different values ⁇ n are held in the liquid crystals cells so that ⁇ nd of red light is the greatest of the three, that of blue light is the smallest and that of green light is intermediate therebetween, and ⁇ nd of each TN liquid crystal light valve is set in the above predetermined range.
  • a projection-type display device which has very excellent gray scale, colour reproducibility, colour purity, contrast ratio, etc. is achieved and a projected image without inversion of the gray scale can be provided inexpensively without involving complicated manufacturing processes.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a TN liquid crystal light valve for a projection-type display device according to the present invention.
  • a means for driving the TN liquid crystal light valve a plurality of matrix-arranged polysilicon thin film transistors (TFTs) 102 are formed on a transparent substrate 101.
  • a light shielding layer 104 is provided on an opposed substrate 103 in order to shield at least the TFTs.
  • polysilicon TFTs are used as the driving means but amorphous silicon TFTs, compound semiconductor TFTs, elements with two terminals utilising diode characteristics such as ring-diodes, MIMs or simple matrix driving may be employed.
  • An organic polymer film (not shown) as an aligning layer is formed on the substrates 101,103 and aligning treatment is performed so that liquid crystal molecules align along the directions of an axis 105 or an axis 106.
  • the twist angle between the axes 105,106 is 80°.
  • Three similar liquid crystal cells having thicknesses of 5 microns, 6 microns and 7 microns respectively are formed by the combination of the substrates 101,103 and by the use of a spherical spacer (not shown) to maintain a predetermined separation therebetween.
  • Each liquid crystal cell is filled with a TN liquid crystal material having ⁇ n of 0.22, thus providing a TN liquid crystal light valve for controlling red light whose ⁇ nd is 0.154, a TN liquid crystal light valve for controlling green light whose ⁇ nd is 0.132, and a TN liquid crystal light valve for controlling blue light whose ⁇ nd is 0.11.
  • the above cell thickness d and the birefringence ⁇ n are not limited to the specific values ⁇ nd given. However, the value ⁇ nd of the three colours should be determined so that ⁇ nd of red light is the greatest of the three, ⁇ nd of blue light is the least of the three and ⁇ nd of green light is intermediate therebetween. Compared with a conventional projected image, halftone colour is improved by optimising at least two light colours.
  • ⁇ nd of red light should be greater than that of green light.
  • ⁇ nd of red light is greater than 1.4 and less than 1.6, i.e. 1.4 ⁇ ­ ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.6
  • ⁇ nd of green light is greater than 1.2 and less than 1.4, i.e. 1.2 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.4 and ⁇ nd of blue light is greater than 1.0 and less than 1.2, i.e. 1.0 ⁇ ­ ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.2, then higher quality images can be obtained.
  • Each of the three liquid crystal light valves have polarisers 109,107 between which the respective liquid crystal cell is sandwiched.
  • the polariser 109 is provided on the incident light side of the TN liquid crystal light valve so that its transmission axis 110 is parallel to the axis 105 of the substrate 103 on which light is incident.
  • the polariser 110 is provided on the side from which light passes out of the TN liquid crystal light valve so that its transmission axis 108 is perpendicular to the axis 106 of the substrate 101.
  • the position of the polarisers may be twisted by 90° relative to each other if desired.
  • a projection-type display device is shown in Figure 2 using three TN liquid crystal light valves.
  • White light from a light source 201 is divided into three colours by a dichroic mirror 202 for reflecting blue light, a dichroic mirror 203 for reflecting green light and a dichroic mirror 204 for reflecting red light and, as mentioned above, each reflected colour of light is introduced into a corresponding TN liquid crystal light valve whose ⁇ nd is different from the others, i.e. a TN liquid crystal light valve 207 for controlling red light, a TN liquid crystal light valve 206 for controlling green light, and a TN liquid crystal light valve 205 for controlling blue light, thereby forming three images.
  • the three images are combined by a dichroic mirror prism 208 comprising four right-angled prisms each of which has a dichroic mirror surface embracing the right-angle, and then the combined image is projected by a lens 209.
  • a dichroic mirror prism 208 comprising four right-angled prisms each of which has a dichroic mirror surface embracing the right-angle, and then the combined image is projected by a lens 209.
  • three dichroic mirrors can be used.
  • Figure 4 shows the photoelectric transfer characteristics of red, green and blue light obtained with the projection-type display device of Figure 2.
  • the photoelectric transfer characteristic of each colour is approximately the same since ⁇ nd of the three colours of light are determined so that ⁇ nd of red light is the greatest of the three and greater than 1.4 and less than 1.6, i.e. 1.4 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.6, ⁇ nd of blue light is the least of the three and greater than 1.0 and less than 1.2, i.e. 1.0 ⁇ 1.2, and ⁇ nd of green light is intermediate and greater than 1.2 and less than 1.4, i.e. 1.2 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.4.
  • the photoelectric transfer characteristic of each colour is substantially linear.
  • the black level can be set lower and there is no inversion of the gray scale.
  • the projection-type display device of Figure 2 using three TN liquid crystal light valves allows the presentation of neutral halftone display with high contrast. Accordingly, a projected image which is excellent in colour reproducibility is obtained. Moreover, the reproducibility is greatly improved in the vicinity of the black level which has lower transmittance.
  • each liquid crystal cell is filled with a nematic liquid crystal material which has different ⁇ n from that of the other liquid crystal cells.
  • the thickness of each liquid crystal cell is the same, i.e. 7 microns.
  • the TN liquid crystal light valve for red light employs liquid crystal material having ⁇ n of 0.215
  • the TN liquid crystal light valve for green light employs liquid crystal material having ⁇ n of 0.19
  • the TN liquid crystal light valve for blue light employs liquid crystal material having ⁇ n of 0.165.
  • the values of ⁇ n are not limited to those given above. With the thickness of the liquid crystal cells constant, ⁇ n of the TN liquid crystal light valve for red light is the greatest, ⁇ n of the TN liquid crystal light valve for blue light is the least and ⁇ n of the TN liquid crystal light valve for green light is intermediate.
  • ⁇ n When ⁇ n is controlled with respect to at least two colours, halftones can be improved. Further, if ⁇ nd of each light valve is determined so that ⁇ nd of the TN liquid crystal light valve for red light is greater than 1.4 and less than 1.6, i.e. 1.4 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.6, ⁇ nd of the TN liquid crystal light valve for green light is greater than 1.2 and less than 1.4, i.e. 1.2 ⁇ ­ ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.4, and ⁇ nd of the TN liquid crystal light valve for blue light is greater than 1.0 and less than 1.2, i.e... 1.0 ⁇ nd ⁇ 1.2, more excellent image quality is obtained.
  • liquid crystal cell which could be regarded as defective in view of the fact that its thickness differs from the predetermined value, can still be used to improve manufacturing yield. Further, viscosity and threshold voltage of each liquid crystal material can be determined in advance and have substantially the same values. Thus it is not necessary to vary the driving voltage to match each twisted liquid crystal light valve and response speed for each colour is substantially the same.
  • the liquid crystal material a liquid crystal mixture which has triple bonds in its molecular structure is preferable since such a nematic liquid crystal materials allows the response speed to be increased more than with other types of liquid crystal materials.
  • FIG. 5 shows a sectional view of another embodiment of a TN liquid crystal light valve for a projection-type display device.
  • the TN liquid crystal light valve of Figure 5 has a simple matrix liquid crystal cell in which strip-type transparent electrodes 502 are formed on upper and lower transparent substrates 501.
  • An aligning layer composed of an organic molecular film is formed on each of the upper and lower substrates.
  • the twist angle of nematic liquid crystal material between the substrates is 210° and the thickness of the liquid crystal cell is 6 microns.
  • the TN liquid crystal light valve for red light, the TN liquid crystal light valve for green light and the TN liquid crystal light valve for blue light are filled with TN liquid crystal material having ⁇ n of 0.165, 0.15, and 0.12, respectively.
  • a projection-type display device as shown in Figure 2 is then formed using the three TN liquid crystal light valves.
  • the combined image obtained by such a projection-­type display device presents neutral halftones and colours as expected.
  • a TN display characteristic having a twist angle of 90° or more presents special dependence on ⁇ nd/ ⁇ .
  • ⁇ nd is controlled according to the wavelength of the incident light, thereby enabling the required photoelectric characteristics to be met. Accordingly, excellent images can be obtained.
  • a projection-type display device has three TN liquid crystal light valves, each of which has approximately the same photoelectric transfer characteristics, the display of halftones and colour reproducibility are excellent.
  • the projection-type display device of Figure 2 displays a gray scale without reversal, has a high contrast ratio and high colour purity.
  • the three TN liquid crystal light valves may be manufactured by the same process.
  • a projection-type display device according to the present invention may be produced at relatively low cost.

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